United States Army in WWII - the Mediterranean - Northwest Africa: Seizing the Initiative in the West: [Illustrated Edition]Pickle Partners Publishing, 15 באוג׳ 2014 - 824 עמודים [Includes 11 tables, 2 charts, 34 maps and 93 illustrations] The history of initial actions in a war contains lessons of special value for the professional soldier and for all students of military problems. Northwest Africa abounds in such lessons, for it covers the first massive commitments of American forces in World War II. The continent of Africa became a gigantic testing ground of tactics, weapons, and training evolved through years of peace. The invasion stretched American resources to the limit. Simultaneously the country was trying to maintain a line of communications to Australia, to conduct a campaign at Guadalcanal, to support China in the war against Japan, to arm and supply Russia’s hard-pressed armies on the Eastern Front, to overcome the U-boat menace in the Atlantic, to fulfill lend-lease commitments, and to accumulate the means to penetrate the heart of the German and Japanese homelands. The Anglo-American allies could carry out the occupation of Northwest Africa only by making sacrifices all along the line. Two campaigns occurred there: Operation TORCH which swiftly liberated French North Africa from Vichy French control, followed by a longer Allied effort to destroy all the military forces of the Axis powers in Africa. The latter concentrated in Tunisia, where the front at one time extended more than 375 miles, and fighting progressed from scattered meeting engagements to the final concentric thrust of American, British, and French ground and air forces against two German and Italian armies massed in the vicinity of Bizerte and Tunis. The planning, preparation, and conduct of the Allied operations in Northwest Africa tested and strengthened the Anglo-American alliance. Under General Dwight D. Eisenhower a novel form of command evolved which proved superior to adversities and capable of overwhelming the enemy. |
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PART TWO The Amphibious Phase on the Atlantic Coast 98 | |
1Personnel and Vehicles Assigned to Force | |
2Advance from Safi 911 November 1942 | |
Fedala to Casablanca 126 | |
2Personnel and Vehicles Assigned to Force | |
Mehdia to PortLyautey 158 | |
PART SIX Shift to Northern Tunisia 495 | |
13Situation in Tunisia 26 February 1943 | |
14German Offensive in Northern Tunisia 26 February15 | |
15Battle of Médenine 6 March 1943 | |
From Mareth to Enfidaville 532 | |
Gafsa Maknassy and El Guettar 1725 | |
II Corps Operations Beyond El Guettar 576 | |
16Actions Near El Guettar 28 March1 April 1943 | |
3Personnel and Vehicles Assigned to Force Z GOALPOST | |
4Battle Casualties Sustained by the Allied Forces in | |
PART THREE The Amphibious Operations in | |
The First Days Operations Against Oran 203 | |
3Landings at Algiers 8 November 1942 | |
PART FOUR The End of Operation TORCH 284 | |
4First Actions in Tunisia 1623 November 1942 | |
5First Allied Drive on Tunis 2530 November 1942 | |
The Attack Toward Tunis 308 | |
6Situation in Northern Tunisia 16 December 1942 | |
7Battle for Longstop Hill 2226 December 1942 | |
PART FIVE Concentration of Forces in Tunisia 355 | |
8Battle for the Eastern Dorsal Passes 1825 January 1943 | |
9FaïdMaknassy Actions 30 January3 February 1943 | |
10The Dorsal Positions in Central Tunisia 1318 February 1943 | |
11Battle of Sidi Bou Zid 1415 February 1943 | |
12Engagement at Sbeïtla 1617 February 1943 | |
17First Attack on Fondouk 27 March 1943 | |
18Battle for Fondouk Gap 89 April 1943 | |
PART SEVEN Allied Drive to Victory 606 | |
19Attacks on Axis Bridgehead 19 April1 May 1943 | |
20II Corps Routes April 1943 | |
The Advance to Mateur 640 | |
21Victory in Tunisia 313 May 1943 | |
Tunisian Campaign 12 November 194213 May 1943 | |
REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 690 | |
6Strength and Supplies of Allied Assault Forces in the Invasion | |
Appendix B Axis Troop and Supply Shipments 695 | |
Glossary 702 | |
Code Names 708 | |
1942May 1943 | |
MAPS | |
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10th Panzer Division 13th Armored Regiment 1st Armored Division 1st Battalion 21st Panzer Division 2d Battalion advance AFHQ airdrome airfield Algiers Allied Force American antiaircraft antitank ashore assault attack batteries Beach Bizerte Brigade British British First Army captured Casablanca coast coastal Colonel Combat Command Combat Team Commander in Chief Company convoy Corps counterattack Darlan defense Djebel east Eastern elements enemy enemy's Faïd Fedala Field Artillery Battalion fire flank French North Africa Gabès Gafsa German Giraud harbor headquarters Hill Italian Kasserine La Sénia landing craft machine gun Maknassy Mareth Mateur Medjerda Medjerda river Medjez el Bab miles military Morocco naval night northern northwest November operations Oran orders pass port Port-Lyautey positions reconnaissance reinforced ridge river road Rommel Safi Sbeïtla sector Sénia ships Sidi Bou Zid southern southwest Tafaraoui Task Force Tébessa Tebourba transports troops Tunis Tunisia U.S. II Corps units vehicles western